GREENVILLE, S.C. (June 3, 2010) - Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) is returning to Greenville, S.C. for the first time in five years for the 2010 Built Ford Tough Series Greenville Invitational brought to you locally by Pike Energy Solutions. The elite event will be held at the BI-LO Center on September 10-11, featuring the top 40 bull riders in the world as they go head to head against the toughest bulls the PBR has to offer.
Don’t miss this world-class event, jam-packed with thrills and spills, pyrotechnics, and rock & roll music as the superstars of the PBR ride to win the coveted event title. These top athletes are competing week in and week out, each striving for the $1,000,000 bonus at the PBR World Finals in Las Vegas October 20-24.
Premium seating is available exclusively for PBR Fan Club members starting Friday, June 4 by calling 800.732.1727 or online at www.TeamPBR.com. To become a PBR Fan Club member and enjoy benefits such as purchasing tickets to all Built Ford Tough Series events before the general public, access to Fan Club only events at select BFTS dates, and much more, please visit www.TeamPBR.com.
The general public can purchase tickets beginning on Thursday, June 10 at 10:00 a.m. by going online to www.ticketmaster.com, by phone at 800.745.3000, or in person at the Crown Nissan Ticket Office at the BI-LO Center.
The PBR recently completed the first half of the 2010 season for the Built Ford Tough Series and is having the deepest title race in history with 15 different winners in the first 20 events. There are 12 riders in the Top 20 who have won an event. The multiple-event winners for 2010 are Austin Meier with four wins and Renato Nunes and Valdiron de Oliveira with two wins apiece.
The BFTS standings lead has changed nine times and there have been six different riders at the top in the first half of the season. J.B. Mauney has been ranked first three different times while Austin Meier and Renato Nunes have each held the top spot twice.
PBR is the premiere bull riding organization in the world, boasting athletes from the United States, Mexico, Australia, Brazil and Canada. One of the fastest growing sports in the country, the PBR’s events air weekly on VERSUS, NBC, CBS and FOX. For more information on Professional Bull Riders, please visit www.pbr.com or contact Sara Broun at 719.242.2800 (sbroun@pbrnow.com).
Join the PBR on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TeamPBR and Twitter at twitter@teampbr
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About the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR):
More than 100 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on Versus, NBC, CBS and on television networks around the world. With approximately 400 hours of prime time programming annually, the PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air. The PBR attracts nearly two million live event attendees each year to its marquee Built Ford Tough Series and the PBR Touring Pro Division. More than 1,200 PBR bull riders compete every year in approximately 300 PBR sanctioned competitions in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico. The PBR was nominated as 2010 Sports League of the Year at the Sports Business Journal Sports Business Awards alongside the National Football League, National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball.
For more on PBR, please visit www.pbr.com, www.teampbr.com, www.pbr.tv, www.myspace.com/teampbr, www.twitter.com/teampbr or www.pbr.com/worldfinals/.
